DigiDestined

Template:In-universeDigiDestined (選ばれし子供達, Erabareshi Kodomotachi?, lit. "Chosen Children") are the major heroes in the Digimonmedia franchise who have been chosen by certain beings to protect the Digital World, a plane which originated from data produced by Earth's telecommunications networks. This plane is often beset by evil forces, and is closely linked to Earth; saving the Digital World usually saves the Earth as well. The term is primarily used in Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, and Digimon Frontier, though it is sometimes used for the protagonists of the other settings in the Digimon franchise. All DigiDestined are partnered with a Digimon, and possess a Digivice; however, these are not defining characteristics, as the "Tamers" in Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 and Digimon Tamers had the same characteristics and were not considered DigiDestined.

While there are many heroic Digimon who can fight to save their world, a DigiDestined child enables their partner to more quickly grow in power by Digivolving to higher levels of power. This ability to grow quickly allows the DigiDestined's Digimon to quickly surpass the most powerful of enemies, making them instrumental in saving the worlds.

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The Original DigiDestined

Silhouettes of season 1 DigiDestined and their Digimon partners used to represent the Original DigiDestined and Digimon

Never seen, nor revealed in great length, it was revealed in Digimon Adventure that another group of children were chosen to be DigiDestined even before the group in that series had ever been called upon. They were in fact the first to defeat and seal away "a great evil" behind the same Firewall.

It is believed by many Digimon fans that this was only a reference to the first Digimon franchise, the manga Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01, in which Taichi Yagami, Neo Saiba, Rei Saiba, Sigma, Mari Goutokuji, and Hideto Fujimoto travel to the Digital World to defeat the evil Daemon, but strangely only five of them had Digimon partners, just as the silhouettes depict. This is merely a guess made by fans as it has been more than a decade since these Chosen Children were mentioned and no canon prequel has been created. Even though the children in Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 were not considered as Chosen Children, it is believed that it was just a reference to the manga.

It is also believed that the Original DigiDestined may be the Digidestined from the Digimon Frontier series for the following reasons:

There were five children that were chosen in Frontier.

The use of the word 'Frontier' suggests that they were exploring a new world (the Digital World being the Frontier).

Similar to Digimon Adventure 01, the progressiveness of time in the Digital World was faster than that in the Real World, which means that Apocalymon has not yet been defeated.

The idea of Spirit Evolution in Digimon Frontier can be considered as primitive, as if the concept of digimon partners had not yet been introduced.

In Digimon Frontier, the Digimon that govern the Digital World are the 3 Celestial Digimon (Arch Angels), whom are not as powerful as the 4 Digimon Sovereign in season 1, 2 and 3, which may indicate that the Digital World was younger then.

However, the fact that the Frontier children did not have Digimon partners and that the only two Digimon who followed them are Bokomon and Neemon makes this theory hard to believe for some people, who instead assert that each series (with the exception of 01 and 02) takes place in a separate universe.

A final possibility is that these are the parents of the Season 1 DigiDestined. In Season 1, Takeru and Yamato's father tells Yamato to stay hidden with Gabumon. Yamato asks how his father knew who Gabumon was and his father say's he'll explain later. The audience never finds out how their father knew Gabumon, though it could only be because their father had met a gabumon before, or had one of his very own. This idea is supported by the fact that in the end of Season 2 there is a scene that takes place 25 years in the future. The DigiDestined have all grown up and had children of their own and these children have the same Digimon companions that they're parents had. If the DigiDestined of Season 1 and 2 had children who became the new DigiDestined then it's a logical possibility that it was their parents before them who were the original DigiDestined.

Its been speculated and been proven that the five original chosen children were actually just primitive character designs for Taichi "Tai" Yagami, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi, Sora Takenouchi, Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi", and Yamato Ishida which the directors or producers disposed of later on. It was confirmed from the producers themselves, but the reference or the source might be expired, but it came from the official fan site

Please keep in mind that these are only speculations, as no official announcement have confirmed them.

Digimon Adventure / Digimon Adventure 02

In Digimon Adventure the DigiDestined were chosen by unseen digital beings that wished to help the Digital World from the chaos brought upon it by Apocalymon's influence. There is no information on who chose the DigiDestined of Adventure 02.

Although it has been stated that the DigiDestined from Adventure were chosen because of an earlier battle between Agumon and Parrotmon (in which Tai and Kari helped Agumon Digivolve into Greymon), the second set of DigiDestined were chosen because of various things that the group from Adventure did. Yolei was chosen because she sent many emails during the battle with Diaboromon on the internet, Cody was chosen because he was in the plane that Garudamon saved from crashing when the sky opened, and Davis was part of the group of people who were being held inside the convention center when Myotismon was looking for the 8th DigiDestined.

The twelve main DigiDestined in Adventure and Adventure 02 all come from Japan. Late in the series, they discover that there are DigiDestined in many other parts of the world. Unlike the Japanese DigiDestined, some of the international DigiDestined teams had multiple children paired with the same species of Digimon. Not all of the international Chosen Children were named, and not all were shown.

The youngest of the group and the younger brother of Matt. He grows from being reliant on the others to being as much of a fighter as they are. Along with Kari, he becomes part of the DigiDestined team of Digimon Adventure 02. T.K. has the crest of hope.

Joined the group after the other DigiDestined and is the younger sister of Tai. She is gentle and kind, although somewhat enigmatic. She joins the Digimon Adventure 02 DigiDestined along with T.K. Kari has the crest of light.

List of the DigiDestined (Adventure 02)

The new leader of the DigiDestined. He is brave, stubborn and plays soccer. He has a crush on Kari and admires Tai. He gets into occasional fights with T.K. Davis carries both the Digi-egg of courage and the Digi-egg of friendship.

A new DigiDestined who is a bit of a flirt. She is headstrong and sometimes stubborn. She is most often seen arguing with Davis. She admires Mimi. Yolei carries both the Digi-egg of love and the Digi-egg of sincerity.

He is the youngest in the second season, but despite that he is very mature and thinks things through much like Izzy from Digimon Adventure. Cody carries both the Digi-egg of knowledge and the Digi-egg of reliability.

At first he was infected by the Dark Spore and driven mad, becoming the Digimon Emperor. He tried to conquer the Digital World, thinking it was a video game. Later he joins the group as the 6th DigiDestined. Ken has the crest of kindness, and despite being a second generation DigiDestined, he carries no Digi-egg. In addition, since his digivice originally looked like the first generation digivice (before it became a black D3) and he possesses the Crest of Kindness, it's implied he should've been the 9th child instead of the 12th (in general).

Two young children whom Impmon first met during his first time in the human world; his experiences with their sibling rivalry gave him a strong dislike for humans. They reconciled with Impmon near the end of the season.

Digimon Frontier

The DigiDestined in Digimon Frontier were chosen from a pool of potential DigiDestined gathered by Ophanimon. These children have no Digimon partners. They use the power of the spirits of the Legendary Warriors, deceased Digimon heroes that saved the Digital World of this series in its ancient past, to transform into Digimon themselves.

List of the DigiDestined

Leader of the group. Uses the Human Spirit of Flame to become Agunimon (Agnimon) and the Beast Spirit of Flame to become BurningGreymon (Vritramon). He later received the power to assume the forms of Aldamon (Ardamon) and EmperorGreymon (KaiserGreymon).

He was quiet and reserved, the "lone wolf". Uses the Human Spirit of Light to become Lobomon (Wolfmon) and the Beast Spirit of Light to become KendoGarurumon (Garmumon). He later received the power to become Beowolfmon and MagnaGarurumon.

Koji's twin brother. He was separated from Koji when they were babies when their parents divorced. Originally lost his memory and became Duskmon/Velgemon, an enemy to the others, but later became purified. Uses the Human Spirit of Darkness to become Lowemon (Löwemon) and the Beast Spirit of Darkness to become JagerLowemon (KaiserLeomon).

Digimon Savers (Data Squad)

The main human characters of this series possess Digivices but are referred to as "partners" or simply the Data Squad (in the English dub) rather than "Digidestined" as they were mostly chosen by DATS.

Main DigiDestined

The main character of the series, Marcus Damon is the son of the researcher, Spencer Damon, who disappeared into the mysterious realm known as the Digital World almost 10 years ago. Loud and outspoken, Marcus calls himself "the number one street fighter in Japan." After encountering Agumon, he becomes the Digimon's partner after receiving a Digivice from the mysterious old man, Homer Yushima. Marcus and Agumon later become members of DATS in order to face tougher and stronger opponents. As the series progresses, though, he finds much more to fight for.

Thomas H. Norstein is a half-Austrian, half-Japanese young man, and a child prodigy. An Olympic-level boxer and a genius scholarly and tactically, he is a vital member of the DATS team. When Marcus joined DATS, Thomas was away in Europe, and when they finally met, they were at odds. However, they overcame their difficulties, and have since become steady team-mates. Gaomon is Thomas' loyal Digimon partner, and is a focused and serious-minded warrior - he responds to Thomas's every order with a steadfast "Sir, yes sir!" (in the original Japanese version, he used the English phrase, "Yes, Master!")

Yoshi is the third member of the core team. She and her partner Lalamon have been partners for many years. Though initially as strong as Marcus or Thomas, Yoshi has more than enough skill at her job. She suffered from self doubt due to experiences in her childhood, but with Lalamon, was able to overcome them.

Keenan is a mysterious 10-year-old boy who, years before the start of the series, was lost in an accident involving a Digital Gate. Keenan was raised by a Digimon called Frigimon, who was killed in a massacre orchestrated by a man named Akihiro Kurata. Since Keenan was raised by Frigimon since he was a baby, when he is discovered he believes himself to be a Digimon. A servant of Mercurimon, Keenan eventually hated all humans, but began to change his opinion as he learned his true origins. Falcomon is his partner and childhood friend, who does his best to help Keenan as he comes to grips with his humanity. Keenan looks up to Marcus as a big brother.

Digimon Xros Wars (Fusion)

Unlike the previous series, the children in Digimon Fusion are generals who originally each lead a group of Digimon: A main Digimon partner and several others used to augment that Digimon's power through Digi Fusion. Though they are never stated to be, it stands to reason that each person with a Fusion Loader who is on the good side would be considered DigiDestined.

List of the DigiDestined

The main protagonist of the series and leader of Team Xros Heart. A dependable boy always prone to help those in need. He was dragged into the Digital World along his friends Angie and Jeremy when he uses the power of the red Fusion Loader to save Shoutmon's life. Besides using the Fusion Loader to Digi Fuse Shoutmon with other members of Xros Heart, Taiki eventually attains the power to properly Digivolve his partner into OmegaShoutmon. His support Digimon are Ballistamon, Dorulumon, Starmon and the Pickmons, Beelzemon, Cutemon, Donokomon, Jijimon, Chibikamemon, Persiamon, Knightmon and the PawnChessmon (white), Deputymon, and Wisemon.

The leader of Team Blue Flare, and owner of the blue Xros Loader. A lone boy always seeking strong Digimon to increase his army. Just like Mikey, Kiriha eventually attains the power to Digivolve Greymon, through his MetalGreymon Xros with Maildramon, into ZekeGreymon. His support Digimon include Cyberdramon, Deckerdramon, Dracomon, the Gassomons, and Golemon.

Formerly the figurehead leader of Twilight, she was originally Dark Knight's human partner until he had no more use for her upon using her black Fusion Loader to create his own. However, Nene gains a new lavender Fusion Loader with Sparrowmon as her main Digimon partner and she gains Mervamon as a partner later. Her support Digimon include the Monitamon and Monimon.

Nene's younger brother, he becomes DarkKnightmon's newest pawn in leading Twilight during the reign of the Death Generals. He possesses a replica of the Darkness Loader that DarkKnightmon obtained, which reformatted into a yellow Fusion Loader.